Recently, the Georgia Institute of Technology issued an announcement:Due to the large number of students applying for CS majors, undergraduate freshmen admitted in Summer 2024, Fall 2024, and in the future will not be able to transfer to computer science majors.
However, the policy does not affect students before the summer 2024 semester, but the following requirements will still need to be met:
Submit an application. Must have good academic performance.
Completed an introductory computer course with a grade of "C" or higher before transferring to CS.
Transfer students must have completed at least one semester at TECH and be in good academic standing before transferring to a CS major.
Note:The specific requirements are subject to the information on the school's official website, including the criteria for not being open to the public.
In u.s.In the ranking of the best undergraduate computers in the United States, Georgia Institute of Technology ranked 6th, and the school's computer strength is very strong. Georgia Tech's announcement is not good news for international students, but in addition to Georgia Tech, there are some universities that are stronger in the field of computer science and have either raised the threshold for applying for CS majors or directly closed the channel for transferring CS majors on campus. Let's take a look at what other colleges and universities there are.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Only students who apply directly to CS majors are accepted
UIUC announced,Starting from the summer and fall semesters of 2022, on-campus students can no longer enter CS majors by changing majors, and only students who apply directly to CS majors will be accepted
If you apply for a CS major in the Common App but are not admitted, and you are admitted to other majors at the same time, you will not be able to choose to major in CS in the future
If you have not applied for a CS major in the Common App, but have been admitted to other computer-related majors (CS+X) of the school, you can apply for a CS major as an Enrolled Discoverer if you meet the requirements of the college to apply for CS.
University of California, Berkeley: Only one popular major can be enrolled
With the number of applicants for computer science majors far exceeding the capacity of the college, UC Berkeley announced that students can only register for one high-demand major, hoping to improve the chances of other students and balance the supply and demand between students and majors.
For students who wish to transfer to a CS major, the school also clearly requires them to choose the major when applying, and does not allow them to transfer to the CS major after admission.
In addition, in 2023, CS majors that were originally part of UC Berkeley College of Arts and Sciences will be assigned to the new School of Computing, Data Science and Society (CDSS), and CS majors will need to apply directly from the fall 2024 application season.
University of California, San Diego: CSE majors are hard to transfer
The University of California, San Diego also issued a notice that starting in the fall of 2022, if students are not admitted to CSE majors, it will be difficult for students to transfer to CSE majors in the future.
University of Maryland: Raise the threshold for transferring CS majors
In order to solve the problem of overcrowding of computer science majors, the University of Maryland has also tried to limit the number of students by raising the GPA ceiling, but to no avail. Eventually, the school plans to begin in the fall of 2024 with the requirement that students transferring from other schools or who want to transfer to a CS major after their first year of enrollment need to have at least a B- in the portal course, as well as 3GPA of 0 and above.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: Must apply separately for the CS major
The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor also requires all students who wish to study computer science to apply for the major individually, whether as a freshman or already enrolled. Through this policy, schools hope to comprehensively assess students' abilities, rather than relying solely on a single metric such as GPA.
At the same time, this policy also provides a more flexible way for students who have already entered the program to apply for a CS major by writing an essay about why they are interested in the computer science major, to ensure that students are not treated unfairly because they cannot apply for the major.
Computer science has long been one of the most popular majors in the United States, and many students believe that the field of computer science can provide them with more employment opportunities and higher salaries.
According to the 2023 U.S. International Education Portal Report released by the Institute of International Education (IIE), the most popular major for international students in the United States is mathematics and computer science (240,230), accounting for 23% of the total number of international students in the United States.
At the same time, with the increase in the number of students applying for computer science majors at the undergraduate level, the difficulty of applying for CS is gradually increasing when the number of admitted students is limited. As a result, many students thought of a way to "save the country with a curve": take advantage of the flexibility of changing majors in American universities, get an offer from the school first, and then apply to transfer to a CS major after admission. However, as mentioned above, due to the large number of applicants for computer science majors, in order to balance supply and demand, some computer science schools have tightened their CS enrollment policies.
In this regard, Xiaomu Raft suggests that students who apply for CS majors in the future should prepare as soon as possible after confirming their goals, so as to improve their soft and hard skills and increase their competitiveness. You can also consider niche treasure schools with average comprehensive rows but strong CS strength, such as Rutgers University.
Finally attached 2024 us.NEWSThe top 50 best computer science colleges in the United States for your reference.
o Little Raft wishes you all the best in the fall 2024 application season!
*: Official website of each university, us.news&world report
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